Ty Segall

Add Date: July 19 

Artist: Ty Segall 

Album: Goodbye Bread 

Label: Drag City 

Genre: Rock, garage rock, psych pop 

Comments: Goodbye Bread, Ty Segall's fifth LP and first for Drag City (Joanna Newsom, Bonnie "Prince" Billy), has just about everything that you'd want from a rock record: great songwriting, fine guitar work, perfect production--here, that means the right degree of lo-fi, psychedelic sludge, but not a sloppy sound--and influences that are noticeable (Syd Barrett, The Stooges, Love) without becoming overwhelming.

Even at age 23, then, I think it's safe to put Segall in the company of King Khan and the late Jay Reatard as modern-day garage rock masters. Goodbye Bread is spectacular throughout, but highlights include guitar-rock stomps like "You Make the Sun Fry", "The Floor" and "Comfortable Home (A True Story)"; the folk-infused title track, which opens the LP; and the psych pop of album closer "Fine".